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Show Committee Launches Drive ToPromote To ToPromote ToPromote Promote Medical Association Every Fa F Family a mIl m i I y in 111 Grand GrandCounty GrandCounty GrandCounty County Will be Asked Askedto Askedto Askedto to Jom Join [ oin Unit UOlt UnitPlans _ - Plans to organize organl7e organi7e the Grand Gran3County GrandCounty County Medical Cooperative Cooerative ) : lIS as sOClation sociation associatlon lISsOClation association were outlined Friday eve- eve - | ning ring at a II . meeting meetmg of a general generalcommitee generaleommltee eommltee commitee Investigatethe appointed to Investigate the advisability of promoting such sucha a unit here After a full dIscussIon discussionof of the matter the committee comnuttee was unarumous unanimous wasunanimous wasunarumous in the belief that an assocIation anassociation InGrand should shou1d be formed In Grand county and that it should be shouldbe pJ placed ced in operation on April 1 I \ . " Members \.fembers .fembers "fembers fembers 1Members I.fembers 1"fembers of the committee pre sent present 'VIAlien VIAlien .iAllen at the meeting were Dr I " ' ' .i i . Allen R H J Pletcher Fletcher H V " , Bal Bai sley Balsley Baisley D E Baldwin Baldwm Mitchell Mel1ch Melich MellchC Mel1chC MelichC C J Meador W R H MeConkie McConkJe MeConlue C CS S Thomson Joseph F Parrish and andDr Dr Sanford Ballinger They de decided declded allorganizations clded cided . to t.o seek the support of all organizations m in Grand ' county C'Ounty In mclu Includmg Ineluding cludmg eluding iing the ' I ' [ tthe atthe getting the association association - signed ; ind- ind indp ; - ' up ; p at t 'I I 'Igetting ( the earlle earlie&t earliet earliest & t possible dateI dateThe dateThe date ' The plan as tentatively agreed agreedon I on by the committee . . . wIn will be , patterned - - - - - - u t nm w pat ItJH terned after the San Juan county I countyI [ verysuccessful association countyassociation which "hich hich " has been in very successful operation since smce July Ju1y 1 llast 1last last In that county each famIly familypa pa } s $2o 2o $20 20 $23 23 $ per year sear ear for medical ser- ser see- see serVIce seevice ser service - vice An additional addJtional $10 10 $ payment paymententitles paymententitles paymententities entitles hospitallzation hospltalizahon Isospitalization each family to hospltaliza Isospitaliza I $1for 1for hon tion plus a per diem d1em charge of $1 1 $ for each day in the hospital to together together together gether with costs of medication and andc.ressmgs andc.ressings andpressings c.ressmgs cressmgs c.ressings cressings . . In San Juan county 233 233fanulies 233families 233families fanulies families have signed up for medi medJ- medJ medi- medJcal medical medical - cal service 204 of whom have paid paidalso paidalso also privilegesThe for hospital privileges The committee plans to orgaIll.Ze orgaIllZe organize orgaIll.ZeaU organizeall organizeall . aU all parts Iarts : of Grand county and andGreenrtver andGreenriver andGreenriver Greenrtver Greenriver city will also be invited invitedto InvItedto invitedto to join It is hoped that at lea least least250 . 250 families faml1es ! can cart be signed upMembers upMembers up Members upMembers of the committees will willstart willstart willstart start startork \ work \\ork ork immediately contacting contactmg contactmggroups contactinggroups ; groups and explaining e\.plamlng e.plamlng e .plamlng plamlng e'iplaining eiplaining ' \ . ' the detalls detaiLs detallsof detaiLsof detailsof of the plan pJan It is necessary that thatpractically thatpractically thatpractically practically every fam family y join the theorganization theorganization theorganization theorganizationIf organization organizationIf If ihe the people of the county are areIn arein areIn In favor of the proposition the they thei are areurged areurged areurged urged to let the tact fact be known at atonce atonce atonce once so the committee will know knowhow knowhow know-how know how - how to proceed proceedIf If the association is placed in inoperation Inoperation Inoperation operation it will be necessary to toobtain toobtain toobtain obtain the services of another anotherdocror anotherdoctor anotherdoctor docror doctor in the county to assist Dr DrI DrI DrI I W Alien Allen in the added v . work ork the theplan theplan theplan plan will w1U entaIlThe entailThe entail entailThe The plans of the committee ron- ron con- con rontemplate contemplate con contemplate - template the erection of a larger largerhospital largerhospital largerhospital hospital and ways and means areno areno are arenov no nov v y being bemg considered to finance its itsconstructIOn itsconstruction itsconstruction constructIOn |